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boy lindsey graham because john mccain is upset then lindsey is upset too. oh, yeah and the go ahead that john mccain -- in fact -- went on actually to call at it disservice to raise this issue. >> so we have done i think a disservice to a lot of americans by make them believe that somehow they are in danger from their government. they are not. >> by the way, what have republicans done for the past five or six years? making their terrified that the government is going to take your guns. everyone wants to take over your lives. >> bill: yeah, that's all they do is the scare tactic and rand paul was responding to later from the attorney general of the united states who said we have the legal authority to kill americans on american soil with a drone. jesus, that's worth raising the question about it. and it was john mccain and lindsey graham, what service do they provide by raising the big issue of benghazi and accusing president obama for being responsible for the death of ambassador stephens when the congress had cut the funding. so they made a huge phony deal
boy lindsey graham because john mccain is upset then lindsey is upset too. oh, yeah and the go ahead that john mccain -- in fact -- went on actually to call at it disservice to raise this issue. >> so we have done i think a disservice to a lot of americans by make them believe that somehow they are in danger from their government. they are not. >> by the way, what have republicans done for the past five or six years? making their terrified that the government is going to take your...
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and i think john mccain is way too hard on these guys. >> look, it was not a good moment for john mccain. this is what happens all the time, in fairness to john mccain. you have senators who have been there for a long time starkts to get a little older, in their 70s and 80s, and you have the younger guard come up. and it's good, healthy for a party -- >> he's a great american. >> sure. >> he's a personal friend. >> of course. >> i just don't think he's in the flow. he's not in the swing of things the way the new crowd operates. >> that's my point. it's not personal or particular to john mccain. it's as you get older and you have this older guard it's tie to make way. he overreacted. he got very upset. it looked like one of those get off my lawn moments. you remember that dana carvey sketch in the '80s? when i was young. he was a grumpy old man. that's what mccain looked like to me. >> these guys, this new crowd is free market, almost libertarian on the economy. strong market defense but very free market. is it going to change the center of gravity in the senate? is it going to change the
and i think john mccain is way too hard on these guys. >> look, it was not a good moment for john mccain. this is what happens all the time, in fairness to john mccain. you have senators who have been there for a long time starkts to get a little older, in their 70s and 80s, and you have the younger guard come up. and it's good, healthy for a party -- >> he's a great american. >> sure. >> he's a personal friend. >> of course. >> i just don't think he's in the...
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rand paul and the filibuster, here's the radio show talking about senator john mccain. i don't always get the same in return. >> he's saying that, ana, because john mccain and lindsay graham attacked rand on the floor of the senate. >> it's going to be interesting to see. what you were really seeing was a divide in the gop over foreign policy and defense. you know, people have come to rand paul's aid in terms of rush limbaugh, he criticized senator mccain, newt gingrich coming out there. this is a debate that's going to continue going on for at least a couple of days. >> so, jim, overall, who do you think most republicans are siding with in this gop squabble. >> i suspect rand paul. but, boy, alex the egos and politics of that elite mostly men's club in the u.s. senate, it reminds me a little bit of your battleground rhino wars there. and you have the young buck who is then -- is taken to task by the man, the self-style maverick of not long ago john mccain. and mccain playing the party of an aging don quijote. i guess rand paul is only lucky he didn't confront mccain. b
rand paul and the filibuster, here's the radio show talking about senator john mccain. i don't always get the same in return. >> he's saying that, ana, because john mccain and lindsay graham attacked rand on the floor of the senate. >> it's going to be interesting to see. what you were really seeing was a divide in the gop over foreign policy and defense. you know, people have come to rand paul's aid in terms of rush limbaugh, he criticized senator mccain, newt gingrich coming out...
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maverick john mccain might have been on the wrong side of this one. >> interesting. i'll stay with you as we switch gears here. we're going to take a bit from the president's weekly address talking about his gop meeting. >> earlier this week, for example, i met with some republican senators to see there were smarter ways to grow our economy and reduce our deficits than the arbitrary cuts and the so-called sequester that recently went into place. we had an open and honest conversation about critical issues like immigration reform and gun violence and other areas where we can work together to move this country forward. >> so, there appears to be some goodwill, genuine appreciation. the president reached out which he's not known for doing in the first term. did anything concrete happen in those first meetings? >> it's hard for us to tell. we know what they ate but we don't really know what they said. the white house is closely guarding the details of this meeting. and even many of the republican senators in attendance are very unwilling to talk about exactly what was di
maverick john mccain might have been on the wrong side of this one. >> interesting. i'll stay with you as we switch gears here. we're going to take a bit from the president's weekly address talking about his gop meeting. >> earlier this week, for example, i met with some republican senators to see there were smarter ways to grow our economy and reduce our deficits than the arbitrary cuts and the so-called sequester that recently went into place. we had an open and honest...
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meantime, barack obama had defeated john mccain in the race to succeed george bush. during the transition, incoming chief of staff rahm emanuel mapped out a governing strategy. >> you never want a serious crisis to go to waste, what i mean by that, an opportunity to do things you could not do before. >> do you remember when rahm emanuel said in 2008 never let a crisis go to waste. >> absolutely. >> john: what do you think? >> cynical. >> at the time he ran a plastics company in wisconsin. >> of course, they didn't let a crisis go to waste. >> when the town is burning, you don't check the party labels. everybody needs to grab a hose. >> his first month in office president obama invoked the economic crisis to ram through an 800 billion dollars stimulus bill, but there was a growing fear among some voters that america couldn't afford this new a trillion here, a trillion there attitude in washington. house republicans heard them. not a single one voted for the bill. it was a lesson for the g.o.p. in the era of obama, says georgia congressman, republican tom price. >> tha
meantime, barack obama had defeated john mccain in the race to succeed george bush. during the transition, incoming chief of staff rahm emanuel mapped out a governing strategy. >> you never want a serious crisis to go to waste, what i mean by that, an opportunity to do things you could not do before. >> do you remember when rahm emanuel said in 2008 never let a crisis go to waste. >> absolutely. >> john: what do you think? >> cynical. >> at the time he ran a...
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or do you share john mccain's view? >> well, i share john mccain's view that it's not possible. the debate we're having is about the technology, the drone technology. but the laws and the constitution that the president has to abide by haven't changed. so whether it's a drone or a machine gun, it's the same laws that apply. the president can't use lethal force against an american citizen. you know, unless that citizen is an enemy combatant or engaged in terrorism. so nothing has changed here except for the use of technology. >> but let's be clear. one of the reasons that rand paul did this was the fact that that question was put to the administration repeatedly, and it did not answer it. and there was a reason for him to ask, to press this point. it had been raised in brennan's confirmation hearings. and no one would answer that question as forthrightly as stephanie just did. that was the principle he was upholding there. michael steele, in the end, we've talked about ways in which there are fissures being exposed on the republican side. stephanie pointed out there's also fissur
or do you share john mccain's view? >> well, i share john mccain's view that it's not possible. the debate we're having is about the technology, the drone technology. but the laws and the constitution that the president has to abide by haven't changed. so whether it's a drone or a machine gun, it's the same laws that apply. the president can't use lethal force against an american citizen. you know, unless that citizen is an enemy combatant or engaged in terrorism. so nothing has changed...
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that followed the president's dinner last night with a dozen republican senators including john mccain who gave the meeting, the dinner, a big thumb's up. >> fine, great, wonderful. >> meantime, on the senate floor today, senators mccain and graham both gave shall i say a thumb down to rand paul's 13-hour filibuster on drones. >> mr. paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do more than pull political stunts this fire up impressionable kids in their college dorms. he needs to know what he's talking about. to somehow allege or infer that the president of the united states is going to kill somebody like jane fonda or someone who disagrees with the policies is a stretch of imagination which is, frankly, ridiculous. >> to my republican colleagues, i don't remember any of you coming down here suggesting that president bush was going to kill anybody with a drone. you know? i don't even remember the harshest critics of the -- of president bush on the democratic side. they had a drone program back then. >> and as the latest drama unfolds now from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the othe
that followed the president's dinner last night with a dozen republican senators including john mccain who gave the meeting, the dinner, a big thumb's up. >> fine, great, wonderful. >> meantime, on the senate floor today, senators mccain and graham both gave shall i say a thumb down to rand paul's 13-hour filibuster on drones. >> mr. paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do more than pull political stunts this fire up impressionable kids in their college dorms. he...
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john mccain used his remarks to address the u.s./israeli marks and taking a swipe at the new secretary of defense, chuck hagel. governor chris christie is slamming leaders in washington for failing to find better solutions to last week's across the board spending cuts. the new jersey republican called out president obama and the congress. >> the worst thing about sequester in my view is they're not spending time talking about e entitlement spending which is where we need to focus on over the long haul to make a difference in terms of our long-term fiscal health as a country. i'm disappointed in that. you know, if you stacked up all the things that disappointment about washington, d.c., it would be pretty tall. if anybody in this room thinks they understand washington, d.c., please come on up, stand behind the podium and you give the answers. because i don't have the first damn idea of what they're doing down there. i don't understand it. i don't understand why they haven't fixed it already. seems to me it should be easy to fix. real
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you have john mccain on the floor chastising him. how will the republican old guard and the new guard, how will they come together in 2016, do you think? >> that's the million dollar question. i don't know if they can come together. i mean, look, with all due respect to senator mccain, him to lecture senator paul or anyone about their strategic insights after his brilliant analysis of why we need to go to preemptive war against iraq is questionable, at best. putting that aside his division between the republican party and the tea party libertarian wing and the traditional folks like senator mccain and others, that tension is going to continue. it's going to fester and it's going to grow and i don't think that's necessarily good for the party because then it makes it difficult for them to rally around one candidate when i think you're going to probably see more of that happen on the democratic side. so you have a weakness going into the 16th race right from the nomination's start. >> another familiar name jumped to the front beige thp
you have john mccain on the floor chastising him. how will the republican old guard and the new guard, how will they come together in 2016, do you think? >> that's the million dollar question. i don't know if they can come together. i mean, look, with all due respect to senator mccain, him to lecture senator paul or anyone about their strategic insights after his brilliant analysis of why we need to go to preemptive war against iraq is questionable, at best. putting that aside his...
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mccain calling it an offensive and insulting behavior senator lindsey graham of course that is not too pleased about his actions as well. so you know it has been a mixed bag of opinion all right you know you mentioned mccain let's take a listen we have a clip of what he said today in response to senator paul's performance let's take a listen. is there any way that the president and states could just randomly attack with a drone or a hellfire missile someone without that person being designated a enemy combatant but to my republican colleagues i don't remember any of you coming down here suggesting that president bush was going to kill anybody would grow. so there are some of his critics but margaret he's not there are some people that are hailing senator paul's performance. that is certainly correct members of his own party marco rubio senator cruz of course who was with him last night. definitely members of his own party rallying around him people are saying that he's breathing new life into the g.o.p. and certainly we will see more coming from senator paul who will in the future some
mccain calling it an offensive and insulting behavior senator lindsey graham of course that is not too pleased about his actions as well. so you know it has been a mixed bag of opinion all right you know you mentioned mccain let's take a listen we have a clip of what he said today in response to senator paul's performance let's take a listen. is there any way that the president and states could just randomly attack with a drone or a hellfire missile someone without that person being designated...
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in the next 30 minutes they're expected to vote on the brennan nomination but senators john mccain and lindsay graham are vowing to, quote, stop the nomination in the full senate unless they receive more information from the white house on the attacks in mbenbenghazi. >> john and i are hell bent on making sure the american people understand this debacle called benghazi. >> i have had questions, written questions for mr. brennan for nearly three weeks now. we have not received a single answer. i think we deserve an answer and i have some questions about torture. >> i'm not going to vote on a new cia director until i find out what the cia did in benghazi. >> joining me now, democratic strategist chris kofonis and carrie brown. part of the laundry list that they say have been unanswered is they want to know why on the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in american history, that is quote from their letter, after multiple attacks on the u.s. and western interests in libya and rising insecurity in countries across the middle east, u.s. military units and assets in the region were not
in the next 30 minutes they're expected to vote on the brennan nomination but senators john mccain and lindsay graham are vowing to, quote, stop the nomination in the full senate unless they receive more information from the white house on the attacks in mbenbenghazi. >> john and i are hell bent on making sure the american people understand this debacle called benghazi. >> i have had questions, written questions for mr. brennan for nearly three weeks now. we have not received a...
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mccain calling it an offensive and insulting behavior senator lindsey graham of course that is not too pleased about his actions as well. so you know it has been a mixed bag of opinion all right you know you mentioned mccain let's take a listen now we have a clip of what he said today in response to senator performance let's take a listen. is there any way that the prez united states could just randomly attack with a drone or a hellfire missile someone without that person being designated in a me come back but to my republican colleagues i don't remember any of you coming down here suggesting that president bush was going to kill anybody would grow. all right so there are some of his critics. margaret a he's not there are some people that are hailing senator paul's performance. that is certainly correct members of his own party marco rubio senator cruz of course who was with him last night you know definitely members of his own party rallying around him people are saying that he's breathing new life into the g.o.p. and certainly we will see more coming from senator paul in the future s
mccain calling it an offensive and insulting behavior senator lindsey graham of course that is not too pleased about his actions as well. so you know it has been a mixed bag of opinion all right you know you mentioned mccain let's take a listen now we have a clip of what he said today in response to senator performance let's take a listen. is there any way that the prez united states could just randomly attack with a drone or a hellfire missile someone without that person being designated in a...
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and many of the gop are worrying that means they'll join john mccain and lindsay graham in being more open to revenue. former democratic senator bayh on dorgan hopes that's true, he says more revenue's needed he's joined by former republican senator bob bennett. senator dorgan, we want to start with you. listen, i guess after clubbing the republicans, beating 'em up pretty good the charm defense -- offensive, rather, with was -@maybe the last arrow in the quiver, but you think it might work. >> well, what i hope will work is that people talk about these issues, significant and serious issues the country faces, and describe conditions under which compromises can be reached. fact is, we need to solve these problems, and the lack of going back and forth and trying to find common ground has not been very beneficial. so i think what is going on now is fine. and, by the way, in order to solve these deficit problems, we have to do a little of everything. you need restraint, you need entitlement reform, fiscal restraint, spending restraint, and you also need some additional revenues. charles:
and many of the gop are worrying that means they'll join john mccain and lindsay graham in being more open to revenue. former democratic senator bayh on dorgan hopes that's true, he says more revenue's needed he's joined by former republican senator bob bennett. senator dorgan, we want to start with you. listen, i guess after clubbing the republicans, beating 'em up pretty good the charm defense -- offensive, rather, with was -@maybe the last arrow in the quiver, but you think it might work....
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. >> at least they didn't book john mccain. >> tell that to face the nation was john mccain and his brother or boyfriend, lindsey graham were on side by side on face the nation. he appeared saying that kim at just 28 years old the north korean dictator is a great guy, he is not his father. he wants president obama to call him. he thinks they could break the ice with basketball. >> jamal: okay. >> that would solve all of the world's problems. >> jamal: i'm an old detroit piston's fan, but i have a soft spot for dennis rodman. so i can't go too negative on dennis rodman. >> let's send rick mahorn to syria. let's send bill lambeard to iran. >> laura sil verman's attempt to be the first nfl kicker did not last long. he is injured her leg while kicking. she kicked just two tryouts, she then called it quits, saying she hopes to try another time. >> wow. the 14-yard kick is a pretty tough way to day bu. >> i know y'all are going to get mad at me for saying this because i a feminist i love women, i have all of their albums. but women should not be playing football. >> yeah. >> i will watch women's
. >> at least they didn't book john mccain. >> tell that to face the nation was john mccain and his brother or boyfriend, lindsey graham were on side by side on face the nation. he appeared saying that kim at just 28 years old the north korean dictator is a great guy, he is not his father. he wants president obama to call him. he thinks they could break the ice with basketball. >> jamal: okay. >> that would solve all of the world's problems. >> jamal: i'm an old...
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[applause] >> they're excited about john. >> and next to senator john mccain, a man who was inside israel's military establishment for 40 years, his most recent position was head of military intelligence for the i.d.f., he participated in two nonproliveuation operations on behalf of israel, the fest of which was as a pilot, a young pilot, in 1981, he was one of the pilots in the israeli operation into osirac and iraq. general. [applause] and a distinguished member of the u.s. senate armed services committee a newer member to the senate but has played a key role in helping to combat anti-israel sentiment at the united nations in a number of roles through the senate, please help me welcome senator kirsten jill brand. >> thank you. -- gillibrang. >> thank you. >> i want to jump right into the discussion with a short period of time and a lot of territory to cover, senator mccain, i want to start with you. iran is on everybody's mind. you have been working and thinking about the issue of iran for a very long time, long before it was on many people's radar screens. in short, what can the united s
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. >> unless you talk to john mccain or lindsey graham. >> with some exceptions. >> let's pivot to the other big story this week. i'm sure you all saw governor romney give his first interview. take a listen to just a snippet from that interview. >> a long and blistering primary where people are attacking one another and where the attacks are sometimes not on the mark but are creating an unfavorable impression, those things are not helpful. >> and he also went on to talk about the debates, those things are not helpful. kind of an understatement there, to say the least. >> says the man who eviscerated any number of candidates along the way. you ask newt gingrich how he feels about how those primaries went. ask rick perihow it was to stand next to mitt romney when he was in full attack mowed. somebody's gonna say something bad about you. it happens. >> he didn't sound like he was totally over the loss yesterday. >> no, he sounded really disappointed. he said it kills me that i'm not in the white house to work on fixing the country's problems. i believe that. i believe that he genuinely th
. >> unless you talk to john mccain or lindsey graham. >> with some exceptions. >> let's pivot to the other big story this week. i'm sure you all saw governor romney give his first interview. take a listen to just a snippet from that interview. >> a long and blistering primary where people are attacking one another and where the attacks are sometimes not on the mark but are creating an unfavorable impression, those things are not helpful. >> and he also went on to...
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here's nicole wallace, former senior adviser to john mccain's campaign earlier today on "morning joe." >> whenever you come out and talk about what went wrong there's just a -- sort of wreaks of the bitterness and the regret and hard to watch. >> i also remember watching the interview in grad school thinking, you know, that's not the future of the republican party and i must say with all due respect to governor romney, i had that feeling watching him, too. >> that's of course bill kristol and the romneys made it clear as the first read team said in the words and tone that they have not moved on from their loss. >> i look at what's happening right now. i wish i were there. it kills me not to be there. not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. >> that was that crushing disappointment, not for us. our lives are going to be fine. it's for the country. >> romney lingering on even as his party attempts to move forward. rebuild, rebrand. the future and past collided today in some ways with the gop. romney's sit down interview a day before 2016 prospect jeb bush made the round
here's nicole wallace, former senior adviser to john mccain's campaign earlier today on "morning joe." >> whenever you come out and talk about what went wrong there's just a -- sort of wreaks of the bitterness and the regret and hard to watch. >> i also remember watching the interview in grad school thinking, you know, that's not the future of the republican party and i must say with all due respect to governor romney, i had that feeling watching him, too. >> that's...
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two well-fed republicans senators john mccain and mike johanns seemed pleased. >> all i can say is we had a nice evening. >> his goal is ours. we want to stop careening from crisis to crisis. >> john: the senators may have even learned something. because according to nbc news, again, when the dinner was over and i quote... >> john: to think just like bill o'reilly, all they had to do to find his cuts was just look at the white house web site on the fancy internet because some republicans might like what they see. progressives should really take a look at that, too, because the president's proposals don't necessarily show the balance he insists is necessary to deal. the president is offering republicans $930 billion in program cuts plus another $100 billion locked from social security benefits in return for $580 billion in revenue. not exactly -- progressives should take heart boehner says any additional revenue is still a deal breaker. >> i'm hopeful something will come out of it. but if the president continues to insist on tax hikes, i don't think we're going to get very far. the pre
two well-fed republicans senators john mccain and mike johanns seemed pleased. >> all i can say is we had a nice evening. >> his goal is ours. we want to stop careening from crisis to crisis. >> john: the senators may have even learned something. because according to nbc news, again, when the dinner was over and i quote... >> john: to think just like bill o'reilly, all they had to do to find his cuts was just look at the white house web site on the fancy internet because...
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senator john mccain and lindsey graham both lablasted him for his filibuster, suggested it was not serious here is the sample of mccain's criticism and you will hear paul's response. >> somehow to allege that the united states of america our government would drop a drone hell fire missile on jane fonda, that is that brings the scrfertion a serious conversation u.s. policy to the realm of ridiculous. >> this was a very serious question. it was a question that took me a month and a half to get an answer to. >> meanwhile the top republican and democrat democratic leaders in the united states senate praised senator paul for his strong convictions and his stamina. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. thanks. remember, the north koreans saying we don't want to do war? that's over. north korea is now officially threatening to nuke washington, d.c. and in response, the united states is fully capable of defending itself against any north korean missile attack. that promise from both the state department and the white house just hours after this threat from the north korean to launch a pr
senator john mccain and lindsey graham both lablasted him for his filibuster, suggested it was not serious here is the sample of mccain's criticism and you will hear paul's response. >> somehow to allege that the united states of america our government would drop a drone hell fire missile on jane fonda, that is that brings the scrfertion a serious conversation u.s. policy to the realm of ridiculous. >> this was a very serious question. it was a question that took me a month and a...
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john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, richard berg, john corpora, tom coburn, johnson of wisconsin. this was a collection of people that may not have ever expected a chance to sit with the president, but they all went to the jefferson hotel, a very nice establishment, just a few blocks from the white house, to have a productive dinner, those were the early reports from the senators. sobel reports suggest the president has invited the house budget committee chairman paul ryan to the white house to continue this out reached to republicans. apparently, they're trying to get a grand compromise orchestrated and perhaps approved later this year regarding fiscal matters, regarding entitlement reform, tax reform, maybe changes to sequestration, and making sure there's a real budget that gets passed in the coming months. host: finally, one other congressional issue, the house passed the continuing resolution last night. or yesterday. guest: they did, by helping martin, which now comes to the senate. it's expected they will mark that up next week. are significant concerns among senate democr
john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, richard berg, john corpora, tom coburn, johnson of wisconsin. this was a collection of people that may not have ever expected a chance to sit with the president, but they all went to the jefferson hotel, a very nice establishment, just a few blocks from the white house, to have a productive dinner, those were the early reports from the senators. sobel reports suggest the president has invited the house budget committee chairman paul ryan to the white...
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one day it did happen and john mccain and myself and about another 120 guise got on three c - 141's and came out of hanoi and were released and that was a great day. >> for historical context, the war officially ended. the peace accords were signed and then the negotiations began to have these soldiers released over a period of a few weeks. take us through that. >> the negotiation, this was part of the paris agreement that ended the war. about every two weeks they would release a group of about 100 to 120p.o.w.'s from the first of february through the end of march. that was part of an agreement of the u.s. withdrawing and the p.o.w.'s coming home. tit for tat. >> you're in the hanoi hilton. you're hearing this information. what sort of information are you being given as a prisoner of war? are you getting tidbits from fellow soldiers who have been released? how are you receiving information? >> we had one piece of information and that was crucial. as part of the agreement henry kissinger negotiated we would be given a copy of the protocol to the agreement, paris peace talks that dealt wi
one day it did happen and john mccain and myself and about another 120 guise got on three c - 141's and came out of hanoi and were released and that was a great day. >> for historical context, the war officially ended. the peace accords were signed and then the negotiations began to have these soldiers released over a period of a few weeks. take us through that. >> the negotiation, this was part of the paris agreement that ended the war. about every two weeks they would release a...
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you see senator john mccain with a thumbs-up. some senators hope for a grand bargain to prevent the continuing budgeting crisis. last night the house easily pass a $982 billion short-term bill to fund the government through september. most of the no votes coming from democrats who criticized the plan for keeping in place the automatic spending cuts. meanwhile, house speaker john boehner brushed off the idea that he and president obama could work one-on-one to come up with a big plan. >> so no more big top-down deals? no more obama-boehner top-down deals? >> those haven't worked very well if you've watched over the last two years. >> i understand. hope springs eternal. a lot of people would like a deal out there. >> yeah, but i don't think that's the way to get to one. listen, two people hiding behind closed doors doesn't replicate 535 members of congress or the wisdom of 535 members of congress or for that matter, 300 million americans. this ought to be done out in the open. members ought to have a chance to participate and i thi
you see senator john mccain with a thumbs-up. some senators hope for a grand bargain to prevent the continuing budgeting crisis. last night the house easily pass a $982 billion short-term bill to fund the government through september. most of the no votes coming from democrats who criticized the plan for keeping in place the automatic spending cuts. meanwhile, house speaker john boehner brushed off the idea that he and president obama could work one-on-one to come up with a big plan. >>...
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the 12 senators he had dinner with, lindsey graham, john mccain, bob corker and a few others want to reach the deal on a bipartisan big-budget deal and what he's trying to do is work around mcconnell, that we'll discuss later, can't work with president obama right now because he has a primary to work about. john boehner can't work with him because the house republicans don't like him. if the president can find 15 republicans to work with and craft a deal it can probably be passed in the house and senate and become law, and that's the main goal. gun control, immigration, these meetings will not help, but that one issue i think it will help a lot. >> amy, one of the things -- one of the things that seems to have come out of this meeting if you were to believe peggy noonan's account with the two senators not named in the "wall street journal" piece that she wrote, at one point three of the senators became emotional. like the picture, again, the picture that's painted, at least is that folks are sitting around a table who just kind of rediscovered each other and some were moved to tears.
the 12 senators he had dinner with, lindsey graham, john mccain, bob corker and a few others want to reach the deal on a bipartisan big-budget deal and what he's trying to do is work around mcconnell, that we'll discuss later, can't work with president obama right now because he has a primary to work about. john boehner can't work with him because the house republicans don't like him. if the president can find 15 republicans to work with and craft a deal it can probably be passed in the house...
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mccain. guys, back to you, and i'm going to run back inside. dennis: thank you. peter barnes. cheryl: what a trooper. dennis: stocks every 15 minutes, the call at the new york stock exchange with a look at the movers. nicole: we are looking at a market here up about 42 points, so we have regained some among them. dow jones industrials up one third of 1%. the s&p up one-tenth of 1%. the tech heavy nasdaq still in negative territory down about two points. the dow jones industrial average hit a new record all-time high today. 14,320. we saw some names on the dow in the green. hewlett-packard and the best performer after being a big ladder last year, bank of america and alcoa helping names long. i want to take a look at google, a hot name people follow, and a nice 10-year chart. it was $85. today it hit yet another all-time high. back to you. cheryl: we will see you at the top of the hour. nicole, thank you. calling all business travelers. anybody who likes to travel, you will need a lot more poi
mccain. guys, back to you, and i'm going to run back inside. dennis: thank you. peter barnes. cheryl: what a trooper. dennis: stocks every 15 minutes, the call at the new york stock exchange with a look at the movers. nicole: we are looking at a market here up about 42 points, so we have regained some among them. dow jones industrials up one third of 1%. the s&p up one-tenth of 1%. the tech heavy nasdaq still in negative territory down about two points. the dow jones industrial average hit...
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, both simply said that they enjoyed themselves. >> bill: of course john mccain and lindsey graham had to be there. you can't do anything without those two lovebirds. >> a big split in the media world. time-warner is spinning off its magazine division into a separate publicly-traded company called time incorporated. that, of course, includes "time" magazine along with "sports illustrated," instyle and style among others. people magazining about the number one in revenue the division only made up 12% of time-warner's revenue and was lag because of the change in people's media habits. >> bill: some of the magazines, i think are going to join "newsweek" pretty soon. no longer in print. yes, indeed. what a day yesterday. you know, i can't believe i'm going to say these words. and you would never believe you would hear me say these words. it may be the only time i will say the words bravo rand paul. i think he's crazy as a loon but he stepped up to the plate yesterday when we needed somebody to step up to the plate. rand paul, in a couple of days. i say bravo this morning because he did put
, both simply said that they enjoyed themselves. >> bill: of course john mccain and lindsey graham had to be there. you can't do anything without those two lovebirds. >> a big split in the media world. time-warner is spinning off its magazine division into a separate publicly-traded company called time incorporated. that, of course, includes "time" magazine along with "sports illustrated," instyle and style among others. people magazining about the number one in...
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they talk with lindsey gramm and john mccain and assistant majority leader dick durbin. the sunday network tv talk shows this afternoon on c-span radio are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. 1:00, "this week." at 4:00, "face the nation." you can listen to that at91 fm in the washington area. listen on your smartphone or go online to c-spanradio.org. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. that of the ladies are going to be trouble. she warned her husband. you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. this is the 1700s she is saying that. >> abigail adams on "first ladies: influence and image." she was outspoken on her views on slavery and woman's right. she provides a unique window into colonial america and her life with john adams. it joined in on the conversation live on monday night at 9:00 eastern. >> " you washington journal -- "washington journal" continues. host: we have will rahn and sabrina siddiqui. we have been asking our viewers in a word or phrase how they would describe sequestration. wil
they talk with lindsey gramm and john mccain and assistant majority leader dick durbin. the sunday network tv talk shows this afternoon on c-span radio are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. 1:00, "this week." at 4:00, "face the nation." you can listen to that at91 fm in the washington area. listen on your smartphone or go online to c-spanradio.org. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. that of the ladies are going to be trouble. she...
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arizona senator john mccain joked the dinner was terrible and made sure we knew he was kidding. it was probably anything but terrible. restaurant in washington, jefferson hotel, and the white house says mr. obama personally picked up the check. south carolina senator lindsey graham drew up the guest list at the president's request and graham suggested he and mr. obama are really not that far apart. >> we got to do something structurally to save medicare and social security and republicans agreed the tax code is a mess and we can flatten out the tax code. we can raise revenue to buy down rates and pay some debt down. so we generally agreed on the nature of the problem. if we fail by trying, i'm okay. i'm not okay if we don't try. i think tonight was the first step toward trying. >> it was apparently not the last step the president, as you say, hosting house budget committee chair paul ryan for lunch at the white house today. ryan is the author of the last two house budgets and the house is where mr. obama will have the toughest time getting an agreement. republicans there want to
arizona senator john mccain joked the dinner was terrible and made sure we knew he was kidding. it was probably anything but terrible. restaurant in washington, jefferson hotel, and the white house says mr. obama personally picked up the check. south carolina senator lindsey graham drew up the guest list at the president's request and graham suggested he and mr. obama are really not that far apart. >> we got to do something structurally to save medicare and social security and republicans...
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. >> bill: i don't know anything about that story, but if john mccain is for it, i'm against it. [ laughter ] ♪ >> bill: alex good to see you. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> bill: we're gearing up of course for 2014 and 2013, some important governor's races this year. the senate races are all next year, right? >> exactly. it is a little bit far away but they are already thinking about them. >> bill: they have been thinking about them for sometime, and raising money, and some that we hear most about -- i guess number one kentucky, because mitch mcconnell is up -- he is in cycle, and he is afraid of a challenge in the primary, correct? >> a challenge from both sides. and there is evidence there is already a challenger that is emerging. we talk a lot about ashley judd and of course from kind of the right the tea party is considering fronting a guy named matt blevend who is a bell manufacturer. [ bell chimes ] >> there it is. >> exactly. they make bicycle and cow bells, but he would be a self funner and you need to be able to raise that kind of money to go up against mcconnell. >> bil
. >> bill: i don't know anything about that story, but if john mccain is for it, i'm against it. [ laughter ] ♪ >> bill: alex good to see you. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> bill: we're gearing up of course for 2014 and 2013, some important governor's races this year. the senate races are all next year, right? >> exactly. it is a little bit far away but they are already thinking about them. >> bill: they have been thinking about them for sometime,...
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mccain, arizona, kelley ayotte, new hampshire, tom coburn, oklahoma and lindsey graham. gloria borger joins me live here. much to chew over. speaking of chewing and breaking bread, gloria, why dinner? this is certainly not the way the president did business with republicans during the first term. why this way? >> or with democrats, i might add. not, you know, didn't dos by like this with much of anybody. when you -- remember when the president had the first press conference after his re-election, he was asked about why he didn't have more people over to the white house to socialize, and his answer was, you know what, i played golf with john boehner, we had fun, but it didn't get a budget deal done in 2011, it didn't work. i spoke with a senior administration official who said to me, you know what, there is this myth in washington that if we all sit down around a table, somehow, something miraculous is going to occur and republicans are going to start working with us. so clearly it was something he thought was pretty absurd. so lo and behold, brooke, now we have the presi
mccain, arizona, kelley ayotte, new hampshire, tom coburn, oklahoma and lindsey graham. gloria borger joins me live here. much to chew over. speaking of chewing and breaking bread, gloria, why dinner? this is certainly not the way the president did business with republicans during the first term. why this way? >> or with democrats, i might add. not, you know, didn't dos by like this with much of anybody. when you -- remember when the president had the first press conference after his...
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john mccain went on to win that primary. >> there's interesting words in that. the vindication part of that. we're talking about the rolling in to iraq and the fall of saddam hussein. some of this letter, as much as it's george h.w. bush writing to his son it's a lot about george h.w. bush, really. >> it is. it is. the word "vindication," you know, we have to remember that saddam hussein ordered the assassination of george herbert walker bush. before the iraq war began, the son of issaddam hussein publicl announced let not he who attacks us think that his mother and children will be safe. so this was a vindication. that word is very revealing. i think historians are going to have a field day going over these notes. this is a great book. >> he says never any doubts about his leadership. about our boy, george. i think historians will also be really obviously looking into that as well. nice to have you with us this morning. i want to rename the name of the book. "all the best." sorry. hard to read from here. "all the best, george h.w. bush." thank you, doug, for ta
john mccain went on to win that primary. >> there's interesting words in that. the vindication part of that. we're talking about the rolling in to iraq and the fall of saddam hussein. some of this letter, as much as it's george h.w. bush writing to his son it's a lot about george h.w. bush, really. >> it is. it is. the word "vindication," you know, we have to remember that saddam hussein ordered the assassination of george herbert walker bush. before the iraq war began,...
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/israel policy conference known as aipac with remarks by vice president widen, senator john mccain and benjamin netanyahu. after that we'll join a discussion on the e.u.'s political and economic future and what it means for the u.s. and later the nat returns at 2 -- the senate returns followed later with votes on two judicial nominations to the u.s. district court. >> now, two former u.s. solicitors general give an overview of some of the cases this term. we'll hear from theodore olson and walter dellinger who was acting solicitor general for president clinton. they spoke at the national association of attorneys general winter meeting in washington d.c. this is a little over an hour. >> it is a tremendous honor to be here. >> [inaudible] >> mic on? >> let me try that again. it is a tremendous honor to be here once again with walter delling general and ted olson, two of the real leading lights of the supreme court bar. they've become good friends of us, and i think they only need very brief introductions before we get going into what the supreme court's been up to. walter dellinger is a
/israel policy conference known as aipac with remarks by vice president widen, senator john mccain and benjamin netanyahu. after that we'll join a discussion on the e.u.'s political and economic future and what it means for the u.s. and later the nat returns at 2 -- the senate returns followed later with votes on two judicial nominations to the u.s. district court. >> now, two former u.s. solicitors general give an overview of some of the cases this term. we'll hear from theodore olson...
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john mccain athletes spoke to that. the real question about the -- john mccain aptly spoke to that. we can go after these guys in yemen, somalia, the border of pakistan. jonas have cost civilian casualties -- drones have caused civilian casualties. we are dealing with governments that have not been transparent with their own people about what they are doing. we have a military that is privately telling the u.s., go ahead and drone these guys. publicly in the press they are saying, we do not know anything about this. it is terrible that this is happening. that undermines the policy and gets everyone upset. host: with the son-in-law of osama bin laden in jail, do we have any of the hundreds of service we have in u.s. prisons escaped or released? guest: prisons have been released from guantanamo bay. there is the release process that happens. the government makes a determination on whether they think these guys are safe to release and what did they negotiate with their own countries to incarcerate them they are. the scary thing that has happened putting really with yemen and saudi arab
john mccain athletes spoke to that. the real question about the -- john mccain aptly spoke to that. we can go after these guys in yemen, somalia, the border of pakistan. jonas have cost civilian casualties -- drones have caused civilian casualties. we are dealing with governments that have not been transparent with their own people about what they are doing. we have a military that is privately telling the u.s., go ahead and drone these guys. publicly in the press they are saying, we do not...
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and john mccain's quoting chairman mao about just how bleak it looks. if you actually look at the numbers s numbers, there's not a single cut. spending goes up for the pentagon every single year, even under the sequester. >> that's right. and this needs to be translated outside of the beltway because when people in washington talk about cuts, they're talking about a reduction and an increase in spending. that is washingtonspeak for a cut. but what's so remarkable to me is that the sequester was not a storm on the horizon. it wasn't like hurricane sandy and everyone had to, you know, take bottled water into the bathtub and whatnot. this was something that they created. this was initiated by the white house. this was a backup plan created by the very same politicians who are now railing against their own backup plan. the other point that you have made is that the cuts in and of themselves are so minuscule, what everyone i think is having heart attack and heartburn over is that they were so inartfully done. that there is certainly room in the pentagon budg
and john mccain's quoting chairman mao about just how bleak it looks. if you actually look at the numbers s numbers, there's not a single cut. spending goes up for the pentagon every single year, even under the sequester. >> that's right. and this needs to be translated outside of the beltway because when people in washington talk about cuts, they're talking about a reduction and an increase in spending. that is washingtonspeak for a cut. but what's so remarkable to me is that the...
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that was senator john mccain on the arrest of son-in-law. should have terrorists conspiring killing americans have the same rights as american citizen? here with fox news chief correspondent catherine herridge. thanks for coming up. what's the idea of trying this man in new york holding him here rather than guantanamo bay. >> this is really consistent with the owe obama administration's approach to terrorism which this s. this law enforcement model bringing them to the u.s. courts and prosecuting there. the question is at what point was he read his rights and at what point did he stop cooperating? because the value of abu ghaith is not that he had operational information but that he understood or had information about this very murky relationship between al qaeda and tehran. he was in iran for about a decade. and one of the lingering questions of 9/11 is whether there was any iranian support for the attack. we know that 14 of the hijackers used the border with iran to get in and out of afghanistan. that is one of the lingering question. what
that was senator john mccain on the arrest of son-in-law. should have terrorists conspiring killing americans have the same rights as american citizen? here with fox news chief correspondent catherine herridge. thanks for coming up. what's the idea of trying this man in new york holding him here rather than guantanamo bay. >> this is really consistent with the owe obama administration's approach to terrorism which this s. this law enforcement model bringing them to the u.s. courts and...
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. >> when you look at comprehensive immigration reform and look at a guy like senator john mccain, who ran into trouble out in arizona not long ago at a town hall style meeting, constituents were furious with him for his stance on this issue. how do republicans then in the coming years balance the need to expand the base, though at the same time staying true to their conservative tenants? >> whether it's immigration, tax reform, all these issues we're facing, we can't be reactionary. we have to have a positive, proactive set of policies. and we need to persuade. we need to listen to people and we need to persuade. >> when it comes to a path to citizenship, you fall short of that. >> right. >> you want legal residency and you want people to admit they've committed a crime by coming here illegally to pay taxes, and fines. but you do not want to offer them a path to citizenship. if they do all the things you ask them, why not grant them that right to be an american? >> our proposal is a proposal that looks forward. and if we want to create an immigration policy that's going to work, we ca
. >> when you look at comprehensive immigration reform and look at a guy like senator john mccain, who ran into trouble out in arizona not long ago at a town hall style meeting, constituents were furious with him for his stance on this issue. how do republicans then in the coming years balance the need to expand the base, though at the same time staying true to their conservative tenants? >> whether it's immigration, tax reform, all these issues we're facing, we can't be...